Civil Law

We have a long history of defending our clients’ interests in all proceedings for divorce and separation, either by mutual agreement or contentious, drafting agreements and procedures of food and child custody and amendment of measures. As well as the execution of judgments rendered by the courts and tribunals in this area.

Law of successions

Legal advise regarding inheritance matters and the law of succession, belonging to the civil and tax field

• Legal advise in drafting of wills
• Inheritance certificates with or without testament (intestate)
• Settlement and adjudication of inheritance
• Challenge of wills
• Living donations
• Inheritance taxations, to avoid unnecessary payments to the Public Treasury

Successions are complicated procedures where it is advisable to rely on counselling by lawyers. Save trouble and leave the inheritance proceedings in our hands.

Debt Recovery

We have extensive experience in claims and debt collection through out-of-court settlements and legal claims, having obtained a significant number of favourable resolutions.

Before bringing proceedings, our lawyers will try to reach an agreement by contacting the debtor, as in some cases it may be interesting to negotiate and attempt a settlement before filing a lawsuit.

If no settlement in accordance with our client’s interests is possible, it will be necessary to take legal action against the debtors. In the Spanish legal system there are different types of procedures:

• Ordinary proceedings: for debts exceeding € 6,000.00, or when the claimed amount cannot be determined beforehand.
• Oral procedure: for debts not exceeding € 6,000.00.
• Payment procedure: for debts shown reflected in any of the following documents:
  • Documents that appear signed and sealed by the debtor.
  • Invoices, delivery notes, certificates, telegrams and telefax.
  • Documents containing the debt in conjunction with commercial documents establishing a previous lasting relationship.
  •  Certifications of non-payment of amounts due from common costs of communities of urban property owners.

• Exchange: debts shown in any of the following documents
  • Bill of exchange.
  • Check.
  •  Promissory note.

• Enforcement procedure: claims of debts recorded in a public or private document.